Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:33:16 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Vonleigh Simmons <nospam@illusionart.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-STABLE ???? Message-ID: <4174990C.6030606@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <37C24532-2175-11D9-8070-000A2791B6EC@illusionart.com> References: <20041018163856.5DF5016A4CE@hub.freebsd.org> <37C24532-2175-11D9-8070-000A2791B6EC@illusionart.com>
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Vonleigh Simmons wrote: > > Sorry to hijack the thread. My box is running 5.2, and I'd like to > upgrade it to 5.2.1. > Problem is that the server is in a colo so I only have SSH access to > it; because of this > I can't drop into single user mode. > > So far I grabbed the stable sup file, changed it to RELENG_5_2. > After that I ran > # make -j4 buildworld > # make -j4 buildkernel > > But I'm not sure how to continue since I don't have single user > mode. Anyone > have any pointers, as the handbook doesn't say what to do in this case. > > Vonleigh Simmons > <http://illusionart.com/>; You needn't be in single user to do the next steps, but it's just a Good Idea(tm). Perhaps the "next best thing" would be to shut off most of the services during installkernel and installworld, and restart them afterwards. I have done the procedure remotely many times without going to single user. As I don't run the world's most visited sites, it's not been a problem at all.... Kevin Kinsey
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